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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Nugalla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nugalla and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Nugalla:
- 30.033545, -83.816544
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Nugalla
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Since Nugalla is near Jefferson County and also Wakulla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wakulla County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Nugalla
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nugalla ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cabbage Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cabbage Grove is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Grove
- Cody
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cody is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Ebb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ebb is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Fish Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Creek is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Limestone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Pinland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pinland is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinland
- Plum Orchard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plum Orchard is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard
- Roach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Shady Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shell Island is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Island
How Far From Nugalla to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Nugalla to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Nugalla once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Nugalla and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nugalla to Perry, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 723 miles [1,163.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,270 miles [11,699.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nugalla, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nugalla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Nugalla to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nugalla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0335, Longitude: -83.8165 In this case, the coordinates for Nugalla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.718 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.541 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.913 degrees. |
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